CIRCULAR NO. 7/2012 Interest Income of a Non-Resident Investor to be taxed at the reduced rate of 5 per cent instead of the existing rate of 20 per cent and withhold Tax on such Income to be also at the Reduced Rate of 5 per cent
In the Companies (Central Government’s) General Rules and Forms, 1956, in Annexure ‘A’ for Forms 23AC and 23ACA, the following Forms shall be substituted, namely.
FDI up to 100 per cent is now permitted in Single–Brand Product Retail Trading by only one non-resident entity, whether owner of the brand or otherwise, under the Government route subject to the terms and conditions as stipulated in Press Note No. 4 (2012 Series) dated September 20, 2012 issued by the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India.
In the instant case, the assessee has made several transactions of purchase of shares during the relevant year. If there high volume, frequency and regularly of the activity carried on by the assessee is in a systematic manner, it would partake the character of business activities carried on by the assessee in shares, and it cannot be said that the assessee has merely made investment in shares.
A question has been raised about such applications that have been received by the Regional Authority before the due date i.e.31.03.12, but are yet to be disposed of. The new Handbook of Procedure and the annual supplement issued on 05.06.12 have been silent on such issues.
In the instant case, the GPA holder of the assessee received the notice which is evident from the acknowledgement furnished before us. The assessee was having transactions in India and when the notice was serviced through the process server of the department, the notice is deemed to have been served as it can ordinarily be expected that the process server knew the person on whom the service was effected.
Following are the due dates for filing of Quarterly TDS and TCS Returns in Form 24Q, Form 26Q, Form 27Q and Form 27EQ. Please file your returns on time to avoind penalty for late filing of Tds returns.
The description of Import Item No. 7 of SION A – 1691 (export product: Nylon Bicycle Tyres) is amended from ‘Nylon Fabric’ to read as “Relevant Nylon Tyre Cord Fabric”. There is no other change in this SION.
A reasonable opportunity should be given to the assessee wherever it is possible to do so. The opportunity referred to is a reasonable opportunity of being heard. There is no other opportunity referred to in the section. The observation in paragraph 3 that the opportunity cannot be said to be obligatory, refers to those cases where it is not possible to give such an opportunity to the assessee.
Thus, in the case before us, in the absence of existence of “any tangible material” to come to the conclusion that there was escapement of income from assessment, the Assessing Officer exceeded his authority to reopen the assessment merely on the basis of a “change of opinion” and accordingly, it is a fit case of quashing the notice.
